Medea

Girl · recorded 1961–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Medea.

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Its story

Popularity since 1961

051019611973198519962008

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 27 recorded years as a table
Medea, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19613
19634
19645
19664
19677
19683
19695
19703
19714
19723
19737
19746
197510
19767
19777
19786
19804
19823
19833
19844
19943
20004
20023
20035
20044
20063
20084

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Medea isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
7
Rank in 2008
#13,832
How rare
1 in 270,134 girls
Since 1961
202

Medea was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1975, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Medea doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.